Height and weight of urban preschool children in relation to their mothers' educational levels and employment status in Rasht City, northern Iran

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-57

  Maddah, Mohsen ^a,e   Mohtasham Amiri, Zahra ^b   Rashidi, Arash ^c   Karandish, Majid ^d  

^a GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Mother's education; Mother's employment; Preschool children; Under nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION; COLLEGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DAY CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WASTING SYNDROME;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33846334078     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2007.00065.x     Document Type: Article

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